Gold is one of the most important attractions of the current society
. This yellow metal has captured the interest of everybody because of the way it is handling itself on the exchange market. The uncertainty of the Euro and the Greek crisis has had a beneficial effect on the yellow metal.But there are some things that we don't know about the precious metal and they are:
The most expensive gold coin in the world
It has escaped an US metal meltdown, it has ended up in the hands of an Egyptian King and it was finally discovered in New York by an undercover secret service agency. The Double Eagle was finally sold at Sotheby auction for the amazing sum of 7.59 million dollars.
Gold is recycled
This precious metal has been recycled ever since it was discovered because of its high value. In our days approximately 15% of the annual gold consumption is recycled each year. This means that there is a chance that some of the jewelry items you own at home might have in their composition fragments of gold minted in the prehistoric times.
Elvis had a golden car
The model was a rare Stutz model. The company that manufactured this car used to make only one of these models a year. This type of model made such an impression on the King of Rock and Roll that Elvis decided to buy three cars with from the same model. The steering wheel, the cigarette lighter, the ashtray and pedals, that is, all that is made out of chrome in a usual car was made out of pure gold in this car.
Gold coffee pot
In order to preserve the rich taste of coffee a filter made out of gold was created. It is actually a very thin mesh that is covered with a layer of 23 karat gold.